Me Monday: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

14 Monday May 2012

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188/365 hidden surpriseI am vain enough to admit that I don’t entirely love this picture of me (and by that I mean I think it’s kinda gross), but I also felt like it worked well for me today. This weekend was CRAZY. I’m talking digital-world, blog-wise. Oh my goodness, freshly pressed. You just rocked my little blog.

And it was as lovely surprise. Which, going back to today’s pic, is why I chose this one instead of the more flattering and artistic shots I was debating between.

On a family vacation a couple years ago, in the midst of a crazy day with brake trouble, tire trouble, and running back and forth around Knoxville, TN, I caught a glimpse of this fun little wall. So we turned around so I could get out and act silly. It was one of those happy little surprises God likes to throw your way that makes all the difference in your day.

And that’s a bit how I felt this weekend. Except more shell-shocked. Usually, it’s been a busy day on this thing if I get 30 people looking at it, and thanks to the magical people who pick the freshly pressed, I had over 5,000 hits on the blog this weekend. And that is CRAZY. And that is my God.

Thanks to everyone who visited and commented. I’ve read them all, even though I probably did not respond. You guys rock!

Simple Tote

12 Saturday May 2012

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This is a tote that I’m probably going to make for myself. Or at least something pretty similar. Very simple: I used the same technique with the doilies as I did on these,  drew on the sides (gray and white fabric markers), and sewed on the zipper rose I got at Michael’s.

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sadly, the only pic I got with the horizontal stripes. my favorite part

Looking Back at Alcatraz

11 Friday May 2012

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Some of these I’ve already posted on here when I blogged about my SF trip (Linked here) in 2010, others are newly edited. I’m slowly going through my pictures and organizing/tagging them in a more efficient manner, so I’ve decided to edit more of the old pics and share about some of the places in more detail than I have in the past on here.

Enjoy a morning at Alcatraz!

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begin the day by finding the correct departure point.

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enjoy a lovely, windy ride on alcatraz cruises

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wander the island and find all the little details that make you happy

subject to prosecution
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wander the island and find all the little things are interesting

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stairway to prison
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prison

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be very glad this is not where you live

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look through the teeny tiny windows

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The Island
;-)

Things I really liked:

– this sounds ridiculous, but I LOVED the gift shop. It was very well done. They’ve got a great marketing/merchandising team.
– that you could go along at your own pace. Helpful for someone like me, who tends to stop and take pictures of everything.
– the information on the audio tour was really interesting. I did get to the point where I was on information overload, but that was about the time I had planned to leave.

Thoughts on Alcatraz

I’m not sure I would just go again for the fun of it. I’d probably want to get more merchandise at some point though. I’d go again with a friend who hadn’t been. As much as I liked it, and I did, it’s not on my list of things to do next time I visit San Francisco.

Anyone else been there? What did you like?

::edit:: Freshly Pressed! I’M SO EXCITED! And shocked. And excited. So, welcome! Look around while you’re here and THANKS FOR VISITING!